Chapter 79 You little liar! You and your mother conspired to cheat me!
Li Mai frowned.
She didn't have time to think about who was investigating her.
She wondered if Zhou Songyan had seen the news by now.
Then he should know that Chengcheng is his son, right?
"Li Mai, are you alright?"
Li Mai snapped out of her daze: "It's nothing."
"Because of Zhou Songyan's good looks and his special identity, this news has now been pushed to the top of the trending search list."
"You should be prepared to be pointed at and gossiped about."
"I know."
"Also, you shouldn't go online anymore. Netizens just criticize blindly, so you won't feel uncomfortable seeing it."
Li Mai smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't look."
She's not that self-destructive.
Besides, this news report is nonsense.
She had a child out of wedlock, but she didn't break the law.
She didn't try to seduce Zhou Songyan either.
She has a clear conscience.
You Huan was still worried: "How about I come over and keep you company in a bit?"
Li Mai smiled and said, "No need, I still have to go to work."
"Why go to work? Don't go anymore. There will definitely be a lot of people from the Ji family talking about you. Just stay home with Chengcheng. After something like this, do you really want to leave him alone at home?"
These words resonated deeply with Li Mai.
Li Mai was worried.
"Then I'll take a day off, senior. Don't come over. I'm fine. You should go to work."
You Huan realized that Li Mai was doing well, so she didn't insist.
You Huan had just hung up the phone when Li Mai's phone rang again.
Li Mai stared blankly at the caller ID on the screen for a long time.
A flood of unpleasant memories came rushing back.
She felt tightness in her chest and couldn't breathe properly.
She picked up her water glass, took a sip to suppress the discomfort, and then answered the call.
A long-lost yet familiar voice came from inside.
"Look what you've done! You've completely disgraced me. All the neighbors know you had a child out of wedlock, and now you've done something so shameful."
"Why can't you just shut up and give me a break? Even if you've done those shameful things, can't you at least not make it public knowledge? You may not care about your reputation, but I do! Your brother and sister-in-law do too!"
Li Mai was in so much chest pain that she couldn't breathe.
Her mother hadn't called her for many years.
She actually called her twice, but her mother didn't answer.
She knew her mother didn't want to see her or have anything to do with her.
After years of no contact, her mother now calls to scold her.
Sometimes, she really wished this was her stepmother; then she might not be so sad.
But Li Shirong is her biological mother.
She couldn't understand why her mother hated her so much.
Her throat hurt, and she spoke in a hoarse voice, "Mom, if you think I'm a disgrace to you, you can tell outsiders that I'm not your daughter, and that we have no relationship anymore."
Li Shirong: "You want to break off our relationship?"
Li Mai laughed, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"What's the difference between our relationship and it being over?"
Li Shirong hung up the phone.
Li Mai sat on the bed in a daze.
Chengcheng pushed the door open and came in. Seeing her pale face, he took her hand with concern and asked, "Mom, are you feeling unwell?"
Li Mai shook off her negative emotions and smiled at Chengcheng: "A little bit, so Mom will take the day off today to stay home with you, okay?"
Chengcheng frowned slightly: "Mom, if you're not feeling well, I'll go with you to see the doctor."
Li Mai smiled and said, "It's just a little bit, no need to see a doctor. If you let me kiss you, I'll be fine soon."
Chengcheng leaned his little face closer: "Let's kiss."
Li Mai smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Still a little unsatisfied, he brought his face closer and said, "Give Mom a kiss."
Chengcheng cooperated and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.
He cupped her face in his hands, his little eyes full of concern: "Mommy, you have to take good care of yourself."
Li Mai's gloom vanished, and she smiled contentedly while holding her son.
After sending a message to Ji Wangyu to ask for leave, Li Mai got out of bed and led Chengcheng out of the room.
"Mom will make you breakfast."
...
During the morning rush hour, people saw a Bentley run several red lights at a high speed.
As Zhou Songyan drove towards Heyun Community, he called Li Mai's cell phone, but no one answered after more than a dozen attempts.
He received a call from Qin Xuan early in the morning.
"Old Zhou, didn't you say that child was Li Mai's nephew? How come it's been revealed online that he's her son?"
Zhou Songyan frowned: "What nonsense! Someone is spreading rumors about my woman online. I need to have Secretary Sun investigate and have my lawyer sue him to death."
Qin Xuan: "..."
He rolled his eyes and said, "You should check the news first. What they're saying online sounds very convincing. They've even released photos of Li Mai with a big belly, and the hospital where she gave birth. The photos can't be fake, they don't look like they were taken."
"Old Zhou, you might have been tricked by Li Mai again. This woman has a criminal record, so be careful."
Zhou Songyan frowned, hung up the phone, and opened the link Qin Xuan had sent him.
A moment later, his expression changed drastically. He grabbed the car keys and scrambled into the car, which roared out of the villa.
No wonder he felt a sense of closeness to Chengcheng when they first met, and couldn't help but want to get closer to him.
Grandma said Chengcheng looked like him, and he didn't even realize it.
Thinking back, Li Mai had tried to say something to him several times, but was interrupted each time. She had mentioned Chengcheng several times. Was Li Mai trying to tell him that Chengcheng was his son? Absolutely!
Why was he so stupid to believe that Chengcheng was Brother Limai's child?
Mingming Chengcheng looks like Li Mai, and also like him.
Chengcheng was so unfamiliar with Brother Limai, and Brother Limai and his wife didn't care about Chengcheng either.
The children aren't theirs at all, so of course they don't care.
Chengcheng is his and Limai's child!
He was absolutely certain!
Is this the secret Ji Wangyu was talking about?
Ji Wangyu knew all along, but he only found out now.
Zhou Songyan felt both bitter and aching.
There's something else he can't understand: Li Mai wanted to marry a rich man and break up with him, so why did she still have his child?
He was eager to see Li Mai immediately and ask her what had happened.
Li Mai and Chengcheng were having breakfast when someone started banging on their door.
"Limai! Open the door!"
Li Mai paused, her hand still holding the steamed bun.
Chengcheng looked up: "It's Uncle. What's wrong with him today? Why is he so irritable?"
Li Mai said softly, "Go open the door."
"oh."
Chengcheng put down his chopsticks and ran to open the door.
Zhou Songyan saw the little boy in front of him, bent down and hugged him tightly.
Chengcheng was stunned: "Uncle..."
Zhou Songyan choked up and couldn't speak.
Chengcheng patted him: "Uncle, what's wrong with you today?"
Zhou Songyan let go of him, glanced at Li Mai who had his back to him, and then looked down at him.
"You little liar! You and your mother conspired to lie to me!"
Cheng Cheng: "..."
Uh...did I give myself away?
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